Univ. “men”; m = liking plumpudding; x = French; y = English.

xm0y1m′0y1x0 [Fig. I (α).

i.e. Englishmen are not Frenchmen.

14. No portrait of a lady, that makes her simper or scowl, is satisfactory;
No photograph of a lady ever fails to make her simper or scowl.

Univ. “portraits of ladies”; m = making the subject simper or scowl; x = satisfactory; y = photographic.

mx0ym′0xy0 [Fig. I.

i.e. No photograph of a lady is satisfactory.

15. All pale people are phlegmatic;
No one looks poetical unless he is pale.

Univ. “people”; m = pale; x = phlegmatic; y = looking poetical.

m1x′0m′y0x′y0 [Fig. I.